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For anyone that has not heard, GRAVITY’s release date has
been pushed back to October 30th. To celebrate, I’ve created a list of 5
reasons why the 30th rocks the socks off the 16th.

Five reasons why October 30th is WAY better than
October 16th: #5: October 16th is National Boss Day,
therefore it can never also be National GRAVITY day. #4: October 30th feels more like fall
than October 16th, which in my mind means it is luckier. #3: There are no other Entangled Teen books
releasing on October 30th. Yes, I'm bratty and want the day all to
myself. Just kidding...sort of. :D#2: My launch party now falls on November 2nd.
A weird fact about me—I tend to prefer “2” over all the other numbers. It’s just cooler. And the #1 reason that October 30th
is better than October 16th ? It’s the day before HALLOWEEN!!! Yay! I’m
pretty sure this means everyone will be drunk off candy corn and generally
happy. Happy people are more likely to buy books. That’s just common sense. So, I know none of this…

I mentioned on Twitter that I wanted to do a post on actual rejections that GRAVITY received while querying, and let me tell you, this was painful. Painful! Some of the rejections were too personalized to post, but a few caused me to take pause and I hoped to share those with you.

Just a little history...

I wrote GRAVITY in roughly three months, revised for two months, and then began querying. My request rate was insane, so I thought I was onto something. Boy was I ever wrong. I queried too early. Way, way, way, way too early. I should have let the MS rest for a few months first. Well, after receiving valuable feedback from several agents, I rewrote GRAVITY from scratch. That was one of the best--and hardest--decisions I ever made.

I began querying again a few months after finishing that draft and ended up with multiple agent offers and an offer from Entangled. Lesson learned. :)

So...want to see some of the rejections that helped shape GRAVITY? Here ya go!

About Me

USA TODAY bestselling author Melissa West is the author of more than fifteen novels, each set in the South and ready to steal a reader’s heart with Southern charm, sweet tea, and a whole mess of gossip.
When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family in Georgia.
To learn more: www.melissawestauthor.com
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